Chapter 1094? Familiarity and Strangeness
For the little wizards who have obtained the Apparition license, not many of them would actually like this way of traveling by Floo fans.
Harry got out of the fireplace, patted the ashes off his body, cleaned his glasses, put them on his nose again and looked around. This is a place he is very familiar with. He saw the familiar black lake, the majestic castle on the high hillside on the other side of the lake, and the windows twinkling under the starry sky. Harry knew that he had entered the place where the train stopped before. Hogwarts platform.
Just like the city gate urn just now, there are many fireplaces installed on this remodeled old platform. The familiar environment of Hogwarts gives these students a sense of security at this time, and after waiting for them to look at it for a while, those Little wizards who don’t have a new house in Hogwarts, looking at the black lakes and the buildings that pop up in the distance around them make the strangeness come back again——Hogwarts is no longer isolated from the world school.
And there was a building complex in the open space next to this platform, and many buildings similar to dry docks and large docks were built—they were similar because they were not built by the Black Lake like the Hogwarts school’s boat house, Instead, it was built directly on land.
"Another court was built next to the Quidditch pitch?" A little wizard exclaimed, and everyone looked in his direction, and found that a similar building had been built on the edge of the Hogwarts Quidditch pitch in the distance. , and the little wizards could see clearly through the moonlight after the rain, but the difference was that it seemed to be made of stone.
Other than that, Hogwarts didn't seem to have changed much, and then a lamp shook above the students' heads, causing the familiar voice of the senior wizards to shout: "First year! First year! Come here! Others go to the front as usual..."
At this time, Hagrid was dressed almost like those umbrella guards in ancient-style robes, but today he was dressed as formally as he was at the ball before, with his usual unkempt hair tied into a ponytail behind his head, and a beard It has also been carefully processed and braided into small braids——because of his physique and strength, he has a good relationship with those Viking necromancer knights.
But the sudden dragon roar in the Forbidden Forest overwhelmed the half-blood giant, making the little wizards who hadn't returned to school during the holidays shudder and realize that the establishment of a dragon farm in the Forbidden Forest is really meaningful thing.
"For Ravenclaw's sake... Lacey is bullying Norberta again..." Hagrid dressed as formally as he did at the previous ball today, "Huh? Don't be afraid, I will wait for you in my class after the third grade." I will touch her..." Hagrid seemed to be able to distinguish Harry and Ron from the heads in front of him, "Oh, you are here, maybe you want to meet Norberta with me later? By the way, she is Norbert , Charlie and colleagues later found out that Noble was a female dragon, so they changed their name...I should have known...Female Norwegian Ridgeback is much more vicious than male."
"This is the one that Harry saved in his first year? But let's talk about it when we have time, Hagrid, you should take the freshmen on the boat." Ginny, as a prefect, looked at those who were afraid of Hagrid Said the children who were afraid to make a sound - but at least Hagrid didn't make any children cry this year because he didn't wear the mole suit and the sense of civilization brought by proper grooming.
The next process still retains the tradition of Hogwarts. The freshmen go to the Black Lake to prepare a boat for four people, and experience the feeling of the founders before the school was established.
Others went to school in carriages pulled by Thestrals. More carriages were waiting here than before. This year, because of the unrest after the return of the Dark Lord, more little wizards were able to see with their own eyes the scrawny, dragon-like, A black thestral with huge bat wings - this kind of creature can only be seen by people who have seen death, which makes many superstitious little wizards feel very unlucky.
However, under the appeasement of the prefects, the carriage team finally creaked and wobbled on the road, rolling forward, and they came to the pair of magnificent cast iron gates of Hogwarts, which had not been rebuilt. There are still many stone pillars on both sides, with winged warthogs as decorations.
But the guards outside the gate are not the Aurors of the past or the umbrella wizards before, but three tall necromancer knights wearing full-body plate armor and holding Viking axes. Two of them stand one on the left and one on the right. On both sides of the iron gate, the one in the middle who watched the carriage approach opened the gate for them, and then stepped away.
As he approached these ghost knights, another biting cold wave hit Harry, which made him shrink back into the uneven seat and close his eyes until they walked through the door—in fact, Harry There is no fear of these dead knights, mainly because this feeling reminds him of when he was attacked by dementors.
The carriage picked up speed on the long sloping drive until it reached the castle; watching the many turrets and turrets approaching them. Finally, the carriage swayed to a stop, and the tall witch Professor McGonagall, who was wearing a protective robe similar to that of the Gryffindor students, stood in front of the gate, except that the head of Gryffindor was the magician. The gown is similar to the set of gems inlaid with dragon eye beads on Alan's body, and there are many rubies with practical functions on it.
McGonagall, who was wrapped in a red cloak like a lion's mane on her shoulders, looked at the list and called the students with a serious expression as always. At this time, she was not in the mood to chat while she was doing business, but nodded to Harry. After frowning, he glanced at Ron and straightened the hood that was turned behind his shoulders. Without saying anything extra, he began to seriously compare the parchment list in his hand.
When they came to the door of the auditorium, they saw that the short head of Ravenclaw took the place of Professor McGonagall, waiting there for the first-year wizard who climbed up from the rock tunnel at the pier.
The Potions professor was wearing a Ravenclaw robe inlaid with many deep sapphires at this time, allowing the little wizards to confirm the clothing restrictions that professors were also required to wear this year, and Harry realized that Hogwarts had another A change, Filius Flitwick replaced the dean of Gryffindor as the vice-headmaster of Hogwarts - Flitwick and McGonagall, who had no interest in fighting for power, had no extra thoughts on this, This did not affect the mood of the two deans who were almost assigned to the opposite college, especially after Professor McGonagall comforted Flitwick.
Entering the auditorium, the ceiling in the foyer is still so high that it can hardly be seen. It is so big that the entire Dursley family house can be moved in. The luxurious marble staircase in the front has not changed, and it leads directly to the upper floor. However, the burning torches around the stone walls in previous years have turned into the soft blue light of the Ministry of Magic this year. Compared with the red stone pier statues illuminated by the torches, it seems that the blue that can keep people calm at any time makes this ancient castle seem It has a new vitality and elegance.
The hall echoed with the footsteps of the students, the floor was shiny, and the little wizards entered the dining room.
The thousands of candles floating in mid-air above the table have not changed, they are still fulfilling their mission to illuminate the dining room, the velvety black ceiling is dotted with stars, it is still hard to believe that there is really a ceiling on it, and it is also difficult It is believable that the roof of the restaurant is not open to the air.
But as the students took a few steps, looking at what appeared to be more candles than in previous years and the length and number of cutlery of the four long tables, made them realize that the auditorium might have been cast with an extra no-mark spell this year, it looked Much more spacious than before.
Under the wall with windows in the innermost part of the auditorium, a huge omniscient mark was placed in the middle behind the faculty seats, and the pupil of the all-seeing eye on the mark was constantly turning and scanning the entire auditorium.
Harry and the others had just walked to the Gryffindor table, when Lavender Brown saw Ron like a bee seeing nectar, he jumped up in a fuss and grabbed Ron's arm firmly. Seeing this, Harry and Ginny looked at each other, sighed tacitly, and sat down.
"Harry, you can't run around in the middle of the night this time, or you will lose a lot of points... This is our last year at school, for God's sake, let's win the House Cup at least once ..." Hermione poked her head out from one end of the long table, stepped over the little lion beside her, and chattered towards Harry, "There are a lot of omniscient marks placed in the school, and the eyes on them are somewhat similar to Gringotts' defensive means or Mu. Di's magic eye can make people invisible, and besides the dormitories, toilets and bathrooms, most places in the school are equipped with monitoring and monitoring rooms of the Ministry of Magic, and someone is always checking."
This bad news made Harry's good mood disappear. He muttered a random answer and Hermione didn't mean to chat, but other people in the auditorium seemed very lively. The little wizards who didn't meet during the holidays have too much to share and talk about, but right now, they talk more about the professors on the long desk at the front of the auditorium, and their number is much larger than usual—— There was even a Mr. Skillful Hand who swaggered on it and sat on the chair.